I know people who can and who cannot: A measure of the perception of economic inequality in everyday life

Highlights • A scale of Perceived Economic Inequality in Everyday Life (PEIEL) is presented.• The scale is unidimensional and shows valid and reliable psychometric properties.• PEIEL predicted tolerance of economic inequality over and above wage gap estimates.• PEIEL had an impact on the tolerance towards inequality of right-wing individuals. Abstract This paper describes the development of the Perceived Economic Inequality in Everyday Life (PEIEL) scale. It is written and validated in Spanish. We first carried out an exploratory study, using a sample of 205 participants (52.2% men and 47.8% women; age: M = 24.69, SD = 8.95). We then conducted a confirmatory study with a sample size of 215 individuals (43.7% men and 56.3% women; age: M = 23.83, SD = 6.46). Results showed that the PEIEL scale is a valid and reliable unidimensional instrument. This scale negatively predicted tolerance of economic inequality over and above perceived inequality measured by wage gap estimates. In addition, perceived economic inequality in everyday life was negatively associated with tolerance of inequality, particularly in individuals with right-wing political ideology.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  The Social Science Journal

• Publication date

  2019-12-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.soscij.2018.09.008
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